THE EXPRESS | Published March 17, 2025
Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that a lot of work had been done over the weekend by peace negotiators.
Donald Trump has given an update on the progress of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. The US President believes there is a still a “very good chance” of bringing the war to an end and is expected to talk to Vladimir Putin later this week.
His comments come despite Putin’s apparent reluctance to accept the terms of a 30-day ceasefire agreed last week between Washington and Kyiv. Trump told reporters on Sunday that a lot of work had been done over the weekend by peace negotiators.
Referring to his upcoming phone call with Putin, he said: “We will be talking about land.
“We will be talking about power plants … we have a lot of it already discussed very much by both sides, Ukraine and Russia.”
Trump’s approach to negotiations has left many Western allies concerned that any peace deal negotiated by Trump will amount to a surrender of Ukraine to the Kremlin.
Many believe Putin’s main objective still remains making Ukraine a vassal state of Russia – in other words a country that is economically, militarily and politically dependent on Moscow.
There has been much speculation that the US President is in thrall to Putin, and will not act as an honest broker in the peace negotiations.
However, a leading Russian opposition figure, who has close contacts with the White House administration, denied that Trump is a “friend of Putin’s”.
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SOURCE: www.express.co.uk
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TOWNHALL | Published March 17, 2025
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to hold talks this week as ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine continue. The two leaders are likely to discuss potential paths toward de-escalating the ongoing conflict, with Trump previously signaling his willingness to mediate in an effort to bring peace to the region.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff announced that Trump is set to speak with Putin in a continued effort to end the fighting in the Russian-Ukrainian war, following talks in Saudi Arabia, where Kyiv has agreed to the proposal. While Putin has expressed support for a peace deal, he has yet to accept the 30-day ceasefire agreement that U.S. officials helped broker in Saudi Arabia. Instead, Putin has given several conditions and raised “serious questions” over the proposal.
“I expect that there will be a call with both presidents this week, and we’re also continuing to engage and have conversations with the Ukrainians,” Witkoff said during an appearance on CNN Sunday.
“President Trump is the ultimate decision maker, our decision maker, and President Putin, for the country of Russia, is their decision maker,” he added. “I think the two presidents are going to have a really good and positive discussion this week.”
However, the specifics of what Trump and Putin’s discussion will cover remain uncertain.
Witkoff echoed Trump’s timeframe of a few weeks before a ceasefire deal is accepted, saying that he is “really hopeful” there will be real progress soon. He met with Putin in Moscow on Thursday and described his meeting as “positive” and a “solutions-based discussion.”
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SOURCE: www.townhall.com
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